All articles filed in January 2012

Ever wonder what it’ll be like to be an online writer three, five, or ten years from now? Check out the Future of Publishing today at 12 noon Pacific Time (-8 GMT). The hour-long show, hosted by VigLink CEO Oliver Roup and blogger/online marketing consultant Murray Newlands, will include a series of interviews of today’s…

The Flagship Hub Program was something we ran on a limited basis from 2007-2009. It paid Hubbers $25 (above the standard 60% impressions-based share of ad revenue) for publishing an incredibly in-depth, informative Hub. Now, years later, we’ve had an opportunity to see how those 156 Hubs have done. Their overall performance is remarkable: Total…

We’ve been working to improve notifications to you over the past year, so that you’ll know when Hubs, comments, questions, answers, and forum posts are published on the site that you might want to know about. 2011 saw plenty of customization options, as well as improved digest and instant notifications, so that you could personalize…

K9keystrokes is one of our community’s strongest Hubbers. In addition to regularly turning out useful masterpieces (often related with our Weekly Topic Inspiration theme), K9keystrokes is participating in our video beta program, testing out our new hosted video feature that will soon be available to all Hubbers. The video Hubs that K9keystrokes has created so…

Great news, Hubbers! We’ve got another contest in the works. The HubPages Know It All Contest will take place throughout the month of March, and revolves around the Answers section of the site. You will be able to win prizes not only for Hubs you publish as Answers to Questions, but also for Questions you…

Many people avoid writing about sports on HubPages because typical sports articles are too newsy to be successful in the long run. That said, sports are actually splendid activities to write about! In addition to being fun to write about (not to mention search-friendly), chances are that you know one or two sports very well,…

Every now and then, I come across a Hubber whose Hubs both pique my interest and inspire me to improve my own writing. Cclitgirl, though still a new entrant to the HubPages community, is definitely one of those individuals. Since one does not always come across new Hubbers who ‘get it’ so quickly, I was very…

This week’s Online Writing Insider podcast is inspired by a request from Krystal Dillard on our Facebook page, who asked us for some tips on finding one’s niche online. Finding a niche as an online writer is sort of like finding one’s ideal career path in real life. Some people find their niche right away…

Here at HubPages, we are constantly looking to improve Hub quality and ensure that high quality content is presented in the best way possible. Beginning in February, we will no longer allow banner images within Hub content that ask readers to provide feedback. These banners typically ask for up votes with low resolution images and…

While Shadesbreath may be one of HubPages’ most popular and beloved writers, there is more behind this Hubber, whose real name is John Daulton, than meets the eye! On his profile, John shares that Shadesbreath is but the sarcastic alter ego of his fantasy and science fiction writing self. This sci-fi-fantasy writer has been quite…